India

11 statements across 11 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement May 8, 2017 by Tony Wheeler · said 190 times in 75 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Everything said about India, oldest first

May 8, 2017 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Lonely Planet's India guide sold 100,000 copies at $12 to $14
“And, ah, suddenly we had this book that was over 700 pages, and it sold for, you know, double figures. It was 12 dollars or 14 dollars or something instead of three or four, and it just sold, it sold, we sold a 100,000 copies of it.”
Tony Wheeler May 8, 2017 ▶ 23:52 Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler
May 29, 2017
Assertion Supported
Mycoskie: TOMS manufactures over 40% of giving shoes in recipient countries
“But ultimately, back in 2000, I think it was, no, 12, actually, we made a pledge to manufacture as many shoes as we could in the countries that we give in, and today, we're manufacturing over 40% of our giving shoes in countries like Kenya, Ethiopia, India you…”
Blake Mycoskie May 29, 2017 ▶ 44:40 TOMS: Blake Mycoskie
Feb 11, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
TOMS manufactures over 40% of its donated shoes in recipient countries
“Back in 2000, I think it was, no, 12, actually, we made a pledge to manufacture as many shoes as we could in the countries that we give in, and today, we're manufacturing over 40% of our giving shoes in countries like Kenya, Ethiopia, India you know, lots of d…”
Blake Mycoskie Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 45:11 TOMS: Blake Mycoskie (2019)
Sep 21, 2020
Assertion Supported
Sal Khan met his Bollywood actor namesake Salman Khan in India
“Actually, I was in India five years ago, and I met him, I think it's just because, you know, people from the subcontinent, like, just get a kick out of things like that.”
Sal Khan Sep 21, 2020 ▶ 1:20:46 Khan Academy: Sal Khan
Mar 14, 2022
Disclosure
The 1984 anti-Sikh riots prompted the Singh family to leave India
“And the riots were a tipping thing, but the main thing why we came to the U.S. Was that the kids, children would have a better education and a better future in the U.S. So we decided to just take the plunge and move.”
Sukhi Singh Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 13:13 Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian Food: Sukhi Singh and Dalbir Singh
Jun 30, 2022 bearish
Assertion Supported
Wurzbacher: Removing 10B tons of CO2 via trees requires Europe-sized land
“If we just do the calculation, what about capturing these ten billion tons of CO₂ from the air just by planting trees or doing similar biological methods, then you'll end up with huge areas that you need to fill with new trees. It's like you need something lik…”
Jan Wurzbacher Jun 30, 2022 ▶ 10:18 HIBT Lab! Climeworks: Jan Wurzbacher
Dec 8, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Menker: Gro insights outpace foreign government agricultural reports by two years
“In places like India, in places like Russia, in places like China, in places like Africa, our lead time for sort of our insights is one to two years at times.”
Sara Menker Dec 8, 2022 ▶ 31:26 HIBT Lab! Gro Intelligence: Sara Menker
Dec 21, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Altemus: Only India and China have successfully landed on the Moon recently
“The very recent history, it's only been India and China. India being the latest and the, and you saw the recent Russian mission to the moon failed on the way.”
Steve Altemus Dec 21, 2023 ▶ 15:53 Shooting for the moon with Steve Altemus of Intuitive Machines
Jan 15, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Primary centers its manufacturing in Vietnam and India over China
“But for now, I think we're sort of firmly in in Vietnam and India with still a little bit of production in China.”
Galyn Bernard Jan 15, 2024 ▶ 1:05:33 Primary: Christina Carbonell and Galyn Bernard
Jan 1, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Modi Toys co-founder: Sales peaked near $1M in 2021 before declining
“We hit nearly a million dollars in sales in 2021, but over the last three years, sales have declined despite us launching more SKUs investing in marketing and expanding to India.”
Avni Modi Sirkar Jan 1, 2026 ▶ 31:41 Advice Line: Tapping AI as a Resource for Your Business
Jan 29, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cost Plus Drugs manufactures generic pills cheaper domestically than in Asia
“And so we can make generic pills here in the United States cheaper than what we can buy them for from India or China.”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 3:33 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
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